The mystery of case no. 18432, Who are you, Dr. Leon S. Medalia?

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Dr. Leon (Sinai Zalman Yehuda) Medalia was born at palestine in 1881. In 1900 he traveled from Eretz Israel to Boston for medical studies and, from that time, apparently lived in the U.S under the name- Leon Samuel/Sinclair Medalia. Dr. Medalia passed away in 1980 in Scituate, Massachusetts. His wife, Eugenia Ann Medalia, predeceased him, […]

The mystery of case no. 21837, Who are you, Sarah Rechamut?

תיק נכסים עזובים בניהול האפוטרופוס הכללי הכולל נכסים מסוג: כספים

In the Kiryat Shaul Cemetery in Tel Aviv, we found a grave of a woman named Sarah Rechamut (father’s name: Aharon), born in Vaslui, Romania, who passed away on August 2, 1994. Considering the proximity of the dates between the date of passing and the date of the asset management order, it is reasonable to […]

The mystery of case no. 18402, Who are you, David Tzhistorozom?

תיק נכסים עזובים בניהול האפוטרופוס הכללי הכולל נכסים מסוג: כספים

David Aba Tzhistorozom/Cistorozum (passed in 1938, father’s name- Shabtai) is buried alongside his wife Lea in the “Sgula” Cemetery. The couple had two children: Yosef Rozen and Rivka Rozen, both resided in the United States. Yosef Rozen and his wife Sylvia lived in New York (at Windsor Ter 10, White Plains, New York 10601-3704, USA). […]

The mystery of case no. 21440, Who are you Genia Stofniker?

תיק נכסים עזובים בניהול האפוטרופוס הכללי הכולל נכסים מסוג: כספים

At Holon Cemetery there is a tombstone for Genia Stofniker (father’s name – Baruch), who died in Dec. 1978. In the population registry of Tel Aviv in 1928, there is a record for Yevgenia Stofniker, 20 years old, and Baruch Stofniker, 53 years old, residing in the neighborhood of Ge’ula. In the voters’ registry of […]

The mystery of case no. 14843, Who are you, Gertrude Stransky?

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Information was found on several woman named- Gertrude Stransky, one of them was born in Czechoslovakia and died in London in 1974. Another Gertrude Stransky supposably lived in Havana, Cuba in the fifties and possibly was murdered in NYC in 1959. So far, no supporting evidence was found to support the theory one of those […]

Case No. 508 – who are you Gershon Gerhard Kenigsberger?

The Yizkor website presents the life story of Gershon (Gerhard) Kenigsberger (father’s name Erwin/Aharon, mother’s name Rosa), who was born in 1918 in the city of Neu-Stetten, Germany and immigrated to Palestine in 1935.In the War of Independence, he fought as part of the Jerusalem Brigade and on 15.9.1948 he died in battle during the […]